Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Dishwasher distress!

Anyone else notice that lately their dishwasher is leaving achalky film all over their dishes? I don't know if the watercompany is using harder water, but for several monthsnow my dishes don't look clean when they come out ofthe dishwasher. I was talking with Autumn and Alisaabout this a few weeks ago, and Alisa told me about thisproduct called Lemi Shine. I ran out and bought it thenext day.You have to run it through your emptydiswasher first, and then after several uses I noticeda big difference. I've used it for a few weeks now,along with dish detergent, and my dishes are nowcoming out clean! Yea! It's not cheap- I think it wasabout $4 at Walmart for a small container that lastsa couple weeks. It was worth it to me. Check out theirwebsite for detailswww.envirocontech.com/products/Learn-More-about-Lemi-Shine.htmlThanks for the great tip Alisa! Just thought I'd pass it along!

3 comments:

Yeah, we've been using LemiShine for several months now. It's the only thing I've found that gets them clean with the water out here. But I agree it is SO expensive so if anyone finds it for a great deal somewhere (I have not, about 4 dollars at Frys too) let us know!

Ok, so after having a horrible experience with even the Cascade brand. I soaked my "Chalky" dishes overnight in high concentrated vinegar water over night. Got them sparkly clean! So now that they are clean, I can use the same detergent, but I just pour about 1/3 cup of vinegar at the bottom of my dishwasher jsut before turning it on, and I have not had a problem since. So I don't know how pricey the Lemon-shine is, but the vinegar is pretty cheap. And it does not make your house or dishes smell like vinegar, in case you were wondering. I tried sticking my "chalky" dishes in a wash with vinegar first, but that didn't work. The previous washes had just put too much build up on them. I had to actually soak them overnight to get it all the build up off. But once you do that initial soak, you won't have a problem!